Biden 2024 strategy memo shows he plans to ride on 2020 themes, draw contrast to Trump
The campaign began trying to reverse such perceptions in September, with a 16-week, $25 million advertising campaign targeting what Chavez called “voters across battleground states – including earlier-than-ever investments in Hispanic and African American media” and testing “the messaging contrast that will be core to this election.”
Healthcare workers in hospitals suffer trauma, burnout and loss as Israel bombards Gaza
Hospitals that remain functional are only operating at one third of their normal staffing levels due to the high number of medical workers who have been displaced and killed, according to a situation report from the UN’s emergency aid coordination body, OCHA.
Largest ever demobilisation of 372,000 ex-rebels in limbo as Ethiopia can’t raise $849m needed
The Ethiopian government plans to meet around 15 per cent of the cost, with donors expected to pick up the rest of the bill, according to a copy of the demobilisation framework seen by The New Humanitarian. But so far, not a single dollar has been received.
Women’s marathon record will belong to Kenya again, Kosgei predicts ahead of New York City run
Brigid Kosgei will compete on Sunday alongside some formidable Kenyans, including Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir, Boston Marathon winner Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi, who triumphed in Central Park last year.
Air pollution in Indian capital New Delhi turns ‘severe’ and authorities order schools shut
People in New Delhi woke up to a thick layer of toxic haze on Friday and some schools were ordered to shut for two days as the air quality index (AQI) entered the “severe” category in several parts of the Indian capital. A filthy smog forms over Delhi every winter...
While Uganda holds fast onto traditional knowledge silos, interdisciplinarity is taking root in higher education in the world
Structural knowledge is a concept introduced by one of the world’s interdisciplinary education experts, Dr Allen Repko in 2009. It refers to the level of knowledge students need to get to a point of forming their own ideas and solutions to a given problem.
US Constitution’s insurrection clause: Treason case against Trump starts in Minnesota
In the Minnesota case, the plaintiffs are asking the state’s highest court to declare that Trump is disqualified and direct the secretary of state to keep him off the ballot for the state’s March 5 primary. They’ve also broached the possibility of the court ordering an evidentiary hearing, which would mean further proceedings and delay a final resolution, something Trump’s legal team opposes.
UK-based firm lines up project financing to connect 260 million people in Africa to electricity
The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that the number of people in Sub-Saharan Africa without power – 600 million – will be largely unchanged by 2030. Mini-grids, which are self-sufficient electricity grids that can serve households and businesses, have a critical role to play in bridging the gap. They are the least-cost method to bring electricity to over 260 million people.
Israeli ground troops advance into Gaza City, create corridor for foreign nationals and injured Palestinians to escape
Several hundred thousand Palestinians remain in northern Gaza in the path of the fighting. Casualties on both sides are expected to rise as Israeli troops advance toward the dense residential neighbourhoods of Gaza City. Israeli officials say Hamas’ military infrastructure, including tunnels, is concentrated in the city.
Without peace to keep, UN winds up its missions in Africa, experts wary of risky security vacuum
Half of the UN’s 12 peacekeeping missions are in Africa, comprises about 86,000 military, police and civilian personnel. MONUSCO and MINUSMA, two of the biggest and most expensive operations, are working to fully withdraw by the end of 2023.
